Hat-ventilator.



Nmgs. l' PATENTED AUG.1,-1905.

J. c. WILSON. l HAT VENTILATGR.

APPLICATION FILED IFI-18.3. 190.4.

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HAT-VENTILATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, l 905.

Application filed February 3, 1904. Serial No. 191,903.

To all whom, t muy concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. WILSON, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Lake Mohegan, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Ventilators, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to the ventilation of hats, and has for its objects a simple, adjustable, and easily-attachable means for controlling the ventilation. These objects are attained by the means set forth in the specification and the accompanying drawings.

Reference being made to the drawings, Figure l represents a hat provided with ventilating-eyelets. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of this invention. Fig. 3 represents the inside of the hat, showing the means for closing the vents. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the detached Ventilating device. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of an eyelet, showing a means of attaching' the vent-closing pad or button. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail relating to Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is an inside view of the eyelet shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 3 represents an inside section of ahat, and b the inside flanges of the eyelets Wires CZ d are secured to the edges of the fianges and are bent down over the flanges, a portion equaling the thickness ofthe buttons c being retained vertical with the flange. This vertical portion serves as a pivot for the button, as shown at e, Figs. 2, 3, and 4.

In Fig. 2 the button c is shown, for clearness, as standing away from the body a of the hat; but in actual practice the curving of the hat and the4 thinness of the eyelet-fiange cause the button to lie against the hat-body, so that the friction between the button and the hat is sufficient to retain the button in any position to which it may be turned. Provision, however, may be made for preventing the button dropping over the vent without help. In Fig. 7 a small stop 0 is shown on the eyelet-flange, so placed that it will receive the button against it after the center of gravity of the button has passed to that side of the pivot.

In Figs. 2, 3, and 4 the Wires (Z are shown to have one end unsecured to the eyelet. The overhanging wire is needed particularly when the button is of felt or any pliable material, its Object being to hold the button close to the eyelet, so as to absolutely close the vent. The free end wire may be bent down at any time the button moves too freely.

As there are numberless Ways of supporting the button on the eyelet, it is not intended to limit the means to those shown. As further illustrating means for holding the vbutton, Figs. 5, 6, and 7 show the button-supporting wire secured at both ends. The wire CZ' may be bent, as at e', Figs. 5, 6. Theshape of the ends of the wire before insertion in the eyelet is shown at m, Fig. 6. After the insertion the ends of the wire are bent over, as at c' c, Figs. 5, 6, and these two sides are compressed upon the flange of the eyelet, as at c e", Fig. 5.

The button c is attached to the vertical part of the wire and is made too large in diameter to fall between the vertical projections, so that the button will lodge against the lower projection, as shown in Fig. 7. This keeps the button eccentric to the eyelet when the button closes the vent, affording an easy means of moving the button with the finger.

The main feature of this invention, however, is the swinging button pivoted to the inner flange of the eyelet.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The combination with a hat and a ventilating-eyelet therein, of a wire secured to the said eyelet, a portion of the wire serving as a pivot for a swinging button, a swinging button on said pivot, and the wire bent over against the button as a support to the button, as herein set forth.

Signed at Peekskill, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, this 28th day of January, A. D. 1904.

JOHN C. WILSON.

Witnesses:

CLINTON F. FARRIS, DOUGLAS DE F. ANDERSON. 

